Introduction

Introductions

First Exercise

Individually

• Take one note card
• The instructor will give you a subject
• Write a few “bullets” about that subject (3 - 5 max)
• Indicate when you are done

In small groups

• Discuss your bullets within your groups
• Be prepared to report back to the group

The final instruction is verbal

• Please follow the instructions Keep track of your experience
• Be prepared to report back to the group

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Class Exercise

What did you experience when given the verbal instructions?

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Welcome!

Let me introduce:

• Myself
• The company
• Related courses

What about each of you?

• Related experience
• Objectives

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Environment

• Daily schedule
• Breaks
• Cellphones/pagers
• Building layout

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Manifesto for Agile Software Development

http://agilemanifesto.org/

Agile Preferences

• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan

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Major Objectives

Communicate, communicate, communicate

Apply agile practices related to requirements exploration

Work with the soft skills related to requirements

• Apply brainstorming techniques
• Making meetings effective

Apply incremental and iterative techniques to simulate project work

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Course Flow

Every few slides we have an exercise

Information and skills are:

• Interleaved with practice
• Introduced incrementally
• Learned incrementally and iteratively

Class time:

• 30% discussion
• 70% simulation

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Individual Exercise - Change

Individually

• The instructor is going to guide you through an exercise
• As you follow the instructions, please keep track of your experience
• Be prepared to report back to the class

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Class Exercise

What was your experience during this exercise?